Manipur Information Centre
New Delhi, Sept 21: Manipur Bhavan in New Delhi shared the joyous moment of Manipuris that happened when the Oriental English School team lifted the Subroto Cup in the inaugural Girls Under-17 category of the Subroto Cup International Football Tournament by scoring 1-0 against the Government Mizo High School in the final meet on Thursday at Dr. Ambedkar Stadium in the national capital.
Resident Commissioner of Manipur Bhavan Rakesh Ranjan congratulated all the players of the victorious team and the team coach R. K. Amusana and the team Manager R. K. Sulochana in a solemn gathering at the Manipur Bhavan Conference Hall here this morning.
Rakesh Ranjan further lauded the Manipur girls’ team, “The Oriental English School team created history by becoming Manipur’s first girls’ team to win the trophy at the Subroto Cup International Tournament.” He extended his best wishes to the players for their future career in the women’s football.
The only game of the final match came at 36th minute when M. K. Kashmina headed home from a free kick. After the goal, oriental English School , Keibi fortified their half and played out their remaining time to emerge the champion.
Kashmina , who had also represented India at the U-13 level said that she was overwhelmed that she could provide the team a reason to celebrate.
The team Coach RK Amusana gave full credit to the team for the success and said that they executed the specific plans for the game. She said that Manipuri girls had a tough fight with Nagaland team in the semi-final and Mizoram team, because the players of Nagaland and Mizoram were physically stronger than the Manipur players. Most of the Manipur players were of 13 or 14 ages and were reading in Class VII and VIII, he added. She also reported that the authority of the Air Force School, Subroto Park in Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi had collected the data of the players of the victorious team for admission into the School free of cost. She hoped that some three or four students might have been selected for it.
In the tournament, Oriental English School , Keibi bagged the prestigious Subroto Trophy with prize money of Rs two lakhs. Lingneikim Kips of Keithelmanbi won the Best Player of the tournament with prize money of Rs. 25, 000/-. Yamaha Company also offered her a Motor Bike. R. K. Amusana won the Best Coach of the tournament with prize money of Rs 25,000/-.
The players of the Manipur teams were I. Sunibala (Goal keeper), P. Bedarani Goal keeper), T. Ranjita (Captain), K.Tony, K.Pinky, Lalam Haokip, S. Zinnia, S. Ranjana, Ph.Anjali, Diana, Lingneikim Kips, P.Omita, M.Arti, Kh. Janda, S. Ajabita and M.K.Kashmina.
Subroto Cup, which began in 1960, is one of the oldest tournament in the country and boasts of participation from over 20,000 schools across the country. This year Subroto Cup scaled new heights with inclusion of all India U-17 girls event besides U-14 boys event and U-17 boys event. For the first time, 17 schools representing all regions of the country vied for the girls title. One girls’ team from Afghanistan was also in action in the girls category.
The Manipur team will leave Delhi tomorrow and will reach Imphal on September 26 or 27.
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